Stocking-protector.



L. JOHNSON.

STOCKING PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY H. 1914.

Patented July 20, 1915.

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STOCKING-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letter-s Patent.

- Patented Jui 'eo, 1915,.

Application filed July 11, 1914. Serial n. 850,443.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lmnm JoHNsoN, a citizen of the United .States, residing at Northwood, in the county of Worth and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stocking-Protectors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingudrawings. I

y .invention relates to a device for protecting the knees of stockings worn by children from wear and dirt.

It is wellknown by those having care of small children especially when they engage in either indoor oroutdoor plays that the knees of their stockings soon become excessively worn or dirty, and the object of my invention is to provide a'device which may be readily adjusted so as to fully protect the knee of the stocking and at the same time not incommode the action of the knees and with this end in view my invention consists in the construction and arrangement hereinafter more fully explained.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I will proceed to describe the same referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of my improved protectors as applied to the leg of a child to protect the stocking knee.

Fig. 2 is a view of the protector looking to- *ward the inside face. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the protector looking toward its outer face.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in the figures of the drawing.

I'is the knee protector composed of flexible leather or which maybe made of any other suitable material, although leather is preferred for the reason that it is not,only wear proof, but likewise water proof and for such reason is desirable for use by children playing upon wet grass. x

2 is a circular band of any suitable elastic material and. capable of .being extended to encompass and adhere to legs of varying size at a point below the knee joint, and 3 is a strap which may be either elastic or nonelastic secured to the-upper end of the protector and furnished at one end with any ordinary buckle 4.

The protector may or may not be lined according to desire and the side edges are slightly gathered or puckered as shown at 5, to produce the desired vertical and transverse curvature adapting it to like lines of the knees In connection with the pad or protector, I I

employ 'a safety pin designated 6 and illustrated in Fig. 2,'which is intended to engage the trousers so as to prevent any shifting of the pad to one side or 'the'other of the knee, this pin being permanently attached to the protector.

I am, of course,*aware that it has, been common for workmen when required to assume a kneeling positionto apply to the knees pads of some kind-of thick and soft material to avoid hurts to the knees, but such devices have been merely make shifts and are cumbrous and greatly retard active articulation of theknee joints and would not subserve the purpose of my invention.

It is to be noted that the darts or puckers 5 are disposed in the middle of the knee protector so that a portion extends above the lower portion will fit closely against the leg below the knee. The lower portion is strapped'or held to the lower leg by means of the elastic strap 2-which will yield sufliciently to permit easy walking movement or permit the lower leg to be flexed with relation to the upper portion of the leg without binding the knee-pad over the knee and without drawing upon the trousers if the knee-pad is attached to the trousers by means of the safety pin. 1

Having described the construction and desirable purposes'of my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is p As a new article of manufacture, a stocking protector for childrens use, consisting of a body adapted to the contour of the knee, having at its upper end a strap and buckle adapted to surround the leg above the memeee knee at its lower end, a continuous elastic In testimony whereof I'hereunto afiix my kind agapted to su-rollflng. tlgeegbbelow the signature in the presence of two witnesses. ee,teup peren ote 0y ein rovided with a device adapted to pass tl 'o zlgh LILLIE JOHNSON 5 the trouser leg and being engageable there- Witnesses:

with to prevent lateral displacement of the IVER IvERsoN, protector. a v T. 0. GROE. 

